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September is National Preparedness Month: Is Your Community Ready to Respond to a Severe Weather Event or Emergency?

National Fire Protection Association

Ready, a national public service campaign, has earmarked September as National Preparedness Month and urges those of us tasked with protecting people and property from fire, electrical, and related hazards, to work together, help educate, and empower the public to prepare for, respond to, and mitigate emergencies before they become tragedies.

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10 Disaster Recovery Plan Mistakes to Avoid for Your Business

Erwood Group

That’s why it’s essential to have a backup disaster recovery plan in place to ensure that data can be recovered in the event of a disaster. These include cloud disaster recovery solutions and on-premise backup solutions. Without regular backups, a business is at risk of losing data.

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Business Continuity Planning for the Manufacturing Industry

everbridge

Manufacturers must be prepared for all types of disruptive events such as severe weather activity, natural and man-made disasters, hazardous materials incidents, supply chain disruptions, and equipment and technology failures. Business continuity plans are important in all industries, but especially for those in manufacturing.

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Is your business ready for any disaster? Review this 5-point disaster preparedness checklist

Online Computers

The first step in preparing for a disaster is to assess all the potential risks and hazards to your business, and then prioritize them based on their likelihood of occurring. A good way to visualize threats to business continuity is to create a risk map , which is a graphical representation of all risks and their impacts.

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Is Your Community Prepared for Flooding?

CCEM Strategies

Flooding is one of the most common, pervasive, and costliest natural hazards in Canada , with a history of causing major disasters. sewer backup versus overland flooding). Floods can cause a cascade of other issues such as contamination, flowing debris, hazardous debris, and ground instability.

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Hurricane Season is in Full Effect ? Are You Prepared?

Fusion Risk Management

And while every organization’s needs are different, there are some key areas that all need to keep top of mind while evaluating their hurricane preparedness plans. What backup measures are in place? If she chooses to ride out the storm, will the company provide portable Wi-Fi and backup power to make sure that she can work?

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Getting Started with Enterprise Risk Management

MHA Consulting

Enterprise Risk Management is the activity of identifying and mitigating the hazards that threaten an organization (definition from Strong Language: The MHA Glossary of Essential Business Continuity Terminology , available for free download with registration). ERM is all about reducing. It all comes down to details.